{"id":142258,"date":"2025-05-07T23:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142258"},"modified":"2025-05-07T23:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:58:36","slug":"two-lehigh-valley-educators-celebrated-teacher-appreciation-week-with-the-worlds-most-colorful-shopping-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142258","title":{"rendered":"Two Lehigh Valley Educators Celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week with the World\u2019s Most Colorful Shopping Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos Courtesy of Crayola: Left to Right\u00a0\u00a0 Kara Kresge <\/em>–\u00a0 Paula Nagle<\/em><\/p>\n

Crayola Experience Easton also donated prize packages\u00a0<\/em>totaling $10,000 in products and tickets to teachers\u2019 schools<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

EASTON, Pa. (May 7, 2025)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Two teachers from the Lehigh Valley celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week with a once-in-a-lifetime experience today\u2014a shopping spree through the world\u2019s largest selection of Crayola products and unique souvenirs at Crayola Experience Easton. Their schools and students also had something to cheer about, receiving a prize pack valued at $5,000 from the attraction.<\/p>\n

Kara Kresge, a teacher at Francis A March Elementary School in Easton, and Paula Nagle, a teacher at Stroudsburg Middle School in Stroudsburg were\u00a0randomly selected from more than 1,800 raffle entries\u00a0to participate in the World\u2019s Most Colorful Shopping Spree\u2014Teacher Edition.<\/p>\n

The teachers had 64 seconds\u2014a nod to Crayola\u2019s iconic box of 64 crayons\u2014to dash around The Crayola Store and grab as much Crayola product as they could. The Crayola Tip character, along with school mascots, colleagues, students, and family cheered on the teachers. Because of medical condition, Nagle had a fellow teacher\u2014Amber Cohen\u2014to race through the aisles.<\/p>\n

At the end of their spree, the Kresge and Nagle got to keep what was collected to stock their classrooms for next year\u00a0and all the students in their classrooms will receive a free Crayola Experience ticket to use this summer.<\/p>\n

Crayola Experience also donated a prize pack valued at $5,000 to each winning teacher\u2019s school. The colorful school package includes an assortment of Crayola crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other supplies, plus 200 Crayola Experience tickets that can be used for school fundraising, student recognition awards, etc.<\/p>\n

In appreciation for the work teachers do to educate, motivate, and inspire the next generation all year long, teachers are eligible for free annual passes to Crayola Experience\u2014the most colorful family destination for interactive, creative play.<\/p>\n

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About Crayola Experience Easton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discover the magic of color at Crayola\u2019s premier and one-of-a-kind family destination.\u00a0More than 25 creative activities and attractions throughout 65,000 square feet of color await families at the Crayola Experience flagship in Easton, Pa., the birthplace of Crayola crayons. Bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever, the adventures of Crayola Experience help kids and adults alike explore art and technology, express their creativity, and experience color in a whole new way. Also featuring live entertainment and The Crayola Store with\u00a0the world’s\u00a0largest selection of Crayola products and unique souvenirs. The brand\u2019s other attractions are in Orlando, Fla.; Mall of America (Bloomington, Minn.); Plano, Texas; and Chandler, Ariz. To learn more, visit\u00a0CrayolaExperience.com\/Easton<\/a>\u00a0or join the conversation on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nConnie Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photos Courtesy of Crayola: Left to Right\u00a0\u00a0 Kara Kresge –\u00a0 Paula Nagle Crayola Experience Easton also donated prize packages\u00a0totaling $10,000 in products and tickets to teachers\u2019 schools\u00a0\u00a0 EASTON, Pa. (May … Continue reading Two Lehigh Valley Educators Celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week with the World\u2019s Most Colorful Shopping Spree<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5718,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easton","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Crayola-teascers.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}